Ag secretary turns up the heat

NASHVILLE — In a wide-ranging speech to the Commodity Classic in Nashville on March 2 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack intensified the pressure on Congress to pass a farm bill this year and also brought up a number of new ideas, including changing tax law to encourage land sales to beginning farmers and ranchers.

By:
Jerry Hagstrom, Agweek

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